Washing machine



July 12, 1927. 1,635,356

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Wiiness I ,I 6321496 Patented July 12, 1927 Y UNITED STATES Ross CLARK BEEKMAN, or KAu'sAs CITY, KANSAS.

WASHING MAC INE,

Application filed June 1,

'My invention relates to improvements in washing machines and one object is to provide' a machine which operates on'thevacuum principle in forcing waterthrough the articles tobe cleansed, and possesses aplurality of relatively small cones or cups, forming a cone bed of relatively large area which operates over the greater portion of the bottom of, the tub of the washer, instead of merely over a small portion thereof, as is customary.

A further objectis to provide means for raising and loweringthe clothes in conjunction with the cone bed, to the end that the washing operation may be accomplished in a more thorough and expeditious manner.

'Another object is to provide a washing machine having a plurality of ducts arranged at the sides of and communicating with the interior of the tub, so that water or washing fluid may circulate through. said in order that the invention may be fully understood, reference will nowbehad to the accompanying drawings, in which? V Fig. 1 is a vertical central section of the machine. 7 I V :Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof with the lower portion of the legs broken off and the plunger shown by dotted lines raised from the tub. I Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the machine. Fig. 4 is an irregular vertical cross section on line IV-JY of Fig 2. i I

Fig. 5 isan irregular horizontal section on line V-V of Fig. 1, with the power mechanism removed and showing the top of the cone bed and the water channels or ducts formed at the sides of the tub,

Fig. 6 is a detail inverted plan view of the cone bed of the plunger. Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view of certain gearing employed in driving the washing 'machine, or a wringer mounted thereon. 'In carrying out the invention, I employ a frame consisting of legs 2, and a rectanguconnecting I i gear 56, a bevel gear, 58 ntermesh ng w th 1925. serial No. 34,148." I

lar u-ppermortionoin which a tub 6 is fixedly mounted. Said tub 6 has a lid 9 secured by hinges 11 to the rectangular portion 4 of the frame, and one: or more bolts 12 to secure said lid in closed position. The-tub 6'may. be emptied of the washing'fluid by a suitable drain cook 13. The legs 2 are braced'at' their intermediate portions with longitudinal and transverse tie rods 14and' 16, re

speotively. The lid 9, has apertures15' to allow air to freely enter and escape from'the tub '6 during the operation of the plunger hereinafter described in detail. The four sides of the tub 6 are wprovided with exterior upwardly tapered water'chan-' .nels or ducts 17 communicating with the, in-

terior of said tub through a plurality of ports 18 and 19near its'upperfandlower portions, respectively.

' The washing operation is performed by a i plunger 20 embodying a cone bed consisting of'a plurality of inverted cups or' truncated I cones 22, secured to; a plurality of cross members-24, fixed to a hollow rectangular sheet metal frame 26 provided with a wire screen top 28. The sides of the frame 26 have a plurality of openings"30, which, together with the 'screen 28, allow free cir culation of the washing; fluid. The cone bed is reinforced .by longitudinal rods 36 and transverse rods '38 c which latter extend through the'lower margins of the cones 22. Said rods 36 and 38 constitute important.

features of the invention, as in practice garment-s or other articles tobe washed, are hung or strung over said rods and thereby receive a vertical reciprocatory motion with:

the cone bed in its travel through the wash ing fluid, thereby greatly facilitating. the washing process. Said rods 36 and 38 also serve to lift the clothes from the tub when r the cone bed or plungeris raised to inoper-l ative position, as shown by. dotted lines, Fig. 2, thus allowingthe surplus water to drain from the clothes or other'articles before they are fed into the wringer.

The plunger and provided at central portion'with a vertical stem 42 reciprocably mounted in a pair of links 48, a lever 50, a

bodying a V rod. 52, a crank shaft 54, a bevel 20 has a horizontally -dis-. I posed arm 40 fixed to the cross members 24 said gear 56 and; fixedly mounted upon a counter shaft 60', a orm vxh'eelfiZlixedly i fixedly mounted, and a motor 68 for driving said shaft 66 and mounted upona shelr 70'at one e'ndoi the Washing mach ne.

The lever 50 has a fulcrum YQ moui'ited insta-i-idards 17d fixed upon the'lid 9. counterweight 76 is fixed to"tl'1e lever 50 L on the oppositeiside' of the fulerum 72 an i the links; '8,to}as's ist inearryingthewveig ofthe. plunger 20', so-that less power Will be;

required'to' raise the latter." The connectingrod 52is made in two sectionsil and 78' connected ,iby a pivot- 79 and slida'b'le sleet-e 80, so that said connecting rod 52 may be broken or'tolded to allow the plunger 20 tob elifl d out of the tub G ,asindicatedlf dotted "lines 1 2, so that articles can be I thin or removed from said Tliielbevel gear 56 is-loosely' mounted upon one end, of thej'e anlg shaitfiot and has a clut'cl'i member 82 for engagen'ient -with a clhteh member Set loosely? mounted upon the adjacent en'ds o'f sai'dcranl: shaft and a coun er-sh? 8 5.

' like tlle bevel 56, is constantly in mesh with the bevel gear 58. The clutch mem 01- into engagementwith the feathers 94;"

to drive the shaftfio'. 'The shaft is proyi'dedi'with' a fixedly mounted bevel gearQS, 'vvh ch intermeslies with a bevel gear n'i ounted upon one end of a ShaftlOQ provided at itsopposite end with a fixedly mounted bevel gear 10% intermeshingwith a bevel gear 1O6 inount'ed upon a vertical shaft 108 adapted to drive a Wringer, not. shown, which may beinounted upon a cross bar 110 ii ed to atough 111 secured to one end of v gimme" i'and the tub andadapted to dram into the latter the Waslnng fiuld wrung from the clothes.

1'12? designates a removable false bottom resting on thefipermanent bottom 1% of the tub 6 and adapted to hold thearticles being Washed a slight distance above said per- "inanen t bottoln 114 to allow the Washing jfluid. to clrculate through said articles to the best advantage, and also to hold the'latten 'ab ovefthetub bottom Where the refuse Sai d falsebottom' 112 consists 01" collects as it is Washed from the articles.

frame 116 covered with a Wires '118. -Slots'f 120' are provided in the sides which latter is provided,

"and ends of said frame 116 to allow the v-fater to circulate; therethrough and enter the o jenings 19 that communicate with the lower ends of the ducts 17. i

burner support d beneath the bottom of the i 1' 6" "p C L l9 mp Pal 1 1i tuo oy straps lin secuiec t0 one lOCS l.

The n to "have rs ho's ef'or pioe, not shown, connected thereto so that a flame may be kept under the tubfi to heat theiwater therein, '1 to placethe 'arnient's s b "O are raised to v by Fig. 2. A number of the dotted line line ai ie bottom clesfare hung or Q5 Th at e 3 coed 2n 7 1e motor 'l lf islthe'n started, andthrongh the inteivenii hereinbefore described, plunger 20, up id doivn. 2t) ma a do'vc'nivard stroke the cones22 quantity of Water ch ough th'efaricles, while a d'uantityot io 'cec out olthe' lower portion ofthe tu 6 through the slots 'lQO-and the port's l and passes upwardly through the du ts'f-I'F, from which it returns to the upper portion of. thetub '6 through-the"ports 18. Asthe Water returns to the upper portion of the tub it falls upon thear'ti'cles being'ivashed and thereby materially assists ii -cleansing the same; The reciprocatory motion of the plunger 20 carries the clothes, ,aiidQother articles, attached "theretd up" andflfd own 140 designt'es Sagasor other suitable *de 14 ol said burner .is adapted 1 v secured me-chmoy'es the is is the plunger I6 water is ion through tl efivate'r and tl-'1us ..vproduces an rubbingthenron a iva sh' board. n

@n completion or" the T Washing" oper tion the lid 9 'is thrown back to the dotted line position shown by Fig '2, lifting the" plunger 20 therewith which carries thefclothes athed thereto out of the water so that the action on the articles, similar town-aunt attendant need not place her hands in the hot Water or employ astick for 'lifti-ngjthe articles from'theitu In the event the motor 68 or-the gearing which itbperatesshOnld get out of order,

the" connecting-rod may be disconnected the invention as claimed.

serve the right to make such changes as properly fall ithin the spirit and scope of Having thus described my invention, What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isi

1. A Washing machine consisting of a tub,

a lid thereto, a reciprocatory plunger guided by said lid, a lever mounted upon the lid and operably connected to said plunger, a power driven shaft, a foldable connecting rod con-' sisting of two sections hinged together and a lidthereto provided with slots, a recip-V rocatory plunger arranged within said tub and counterbalance means on said lever.

one of Which is operably connected to said shaft and the other-to thelever, and a sleeve for engaging over said sections to secure 3. A Washing machine consisting of a tub,

and having aguide stem projecting through i said lid, links extending through the slots in the lid and connected to said plunger,'a

lever connected to said links, acrank'shaft, a connecting rod ,operably connected to said crank shaft and the lever, and a motor geared to the crank shaft to drive the same.

. 4. A Washing machine consisting of a tub,

a lid hinged to said tub and provided with slots, a reciprocatory plunger arranged Withinsaid tub, a guide stem on said plunger extending through the lid, I links connectedto the plunger and extending through the a slots in the lid, and'means for-reciprocating said links.

5. In a Washing machine, a plunger con- 7,

sisting of a'hollow frame, cross members spaced apart and secured tothe upper por-, tion of said frame, ascreen'secured to the 7, upper portions of said frame and cross members, a plurality of inverted cups depending from each cross, tending through spaces between said cups and In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

Ross CLARK BEEKMANJ secured to the ends of said frame, and other rods extending through the'cups and crossing the first-mentioned-rods. J

member, rods 7 ex- 

